pour oil on
Example Sentences
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In March 2025, he said his Milan show aimed to pour oil on the troubled waters of global politics.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025
“We won’t pour oil on the fire” of the war, Qin said, according to an official interpreter.
From Washington Times ● May 9, 2023
We do not pour oil on the fire.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2023
US special envoy on climate change, John Kerry, went out of his way to pour oil on troubled waters when speaking at the IEA event.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2021
Thus prepared, they will keep for months; and if to be kept longer, pour oil on the top.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton
